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noun
- A large stream of water that alters the nearby landscape. Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.
- Any large flow of a liquid in a single body (e.g., 'a river of blood').
- (poker) The last card received by a player in poker
verb
- (poker) To improve one"s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
- Johnny rivered me by drawing that Ace of spades
Etymology: From rivière < - riparia (riverbank, seashore, river) < riparius (of a riverbank) < riparia (shore) < ripa (river bank) < (PIE.) base
- rei- (to scratch, tear, cut).
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